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BJP leaders in Rajasthan oppose new marriage registration bill, while Cong
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 18 (ANI): Rajasthan Cabinet Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for claiming that the Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 would legitimize child marriages and said that the stat
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Rajasthan Assembly amends Marriage Registration law, opposition claims it
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 18 (ANI): Amid uproar, the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday passed the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote to amend a 2009 Act on compulsory registration of marriages within 30 days of the marriage. The new leg
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Violence against children continues unabated in Pakistan's Punjab province
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to witness a rise in crimes against children including child sexual abuse, abduction and child marriages, citizens in the Punjab province seem to get no respite from the current crime situation.
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Child marriages on rise in Yemen, girls forced to marry after 12 years
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], May 26 (ANI): Child marriages are on the rise in Yemen with girls in the country forced to marry soon after they turn 12 years-old.
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Rising cases of child marriage cause concern in Pak
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Child marriage is the most horrifying among the many serious poverty-related issues plaguing Pakistan, experts said.
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Crimes against children in Pakistan on the rise, 8 children abused every d
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan witnessed a rise in crimes against children including child sexual abuse, abduction and child marriages, and eight children were abused every day in the country in one form or another in 2020, according to a report.
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HC issues notice to Delhi govt, others on plea challenging child marriage
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to Delhi Government and others on a petition filed by a woman, who was married at the age of 16, challenging her marriage and seeking to declare child marriages performed in the state of Delhi as void-ab-initio
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Menace of child marriage continues unabated in Pakistan, says columnist Su
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 25 (ANI): The menace of forced child marriage continues unabated in Pakistan and the repeated incidents have shown that the issue is deep-rooted in the country, said columnist Sulman Ali.
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Woman locked inside toilet for over a year by her husband in Haryana's Pan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Panipat (Haryana) [India], October 15 (ANI): A woman, who was allegedly locked inside a toilet for over a year by her husband here in Rishpur village, was rescued by Women Protection and Child Marriage Prohibition Officer Rajni Gupta along with her team.
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No data to indicate rise in child marriages during lockdown: Smriti Irani
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): There is no data to indicate a spike in child marriage cases during the lockdown as per the information received from the National Crime Records Bureau, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani said in a written reply to a questi
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Govt intervened to stop over 5,584 child marriage during coronavirus-induc
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic, which has had an adverse impact on almost everybody, has an even more devastating effect on children.
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13-year-old girl gets married in Telangana, case to be registered
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Medchal (Telangana) [India], June 4 (ANI): PV Padmaja, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Balanagar on Wednesday said a case will be registered on child marriage as a 13-year-old girl married a 22-year-old man in Medchal district of Telangana.
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